Backport PR #60241 on branch 2.3.x (TST (string dtype): resolve xfail… #20139

Job	Run time
Linux-32-bit	19m 58s
Linux-Musl	18m 11s
python-dev (macOS-13)	44m 29s
python-dev (macOS-14)	11m 56s
python-dev (ubuntu-22.04)	24m 44s
python-dev (windows-latest)	26m 35s
macos-13 actions-310.yaml	56m 30s
macos-13 actions-311.yaml	55m 2s
macos-13 actions-312.yaml	49m 51s
macos-13 actions-39.yaml	39m 59s
macos-14 actions-310.yaml	19m 1s
macos-14 actions-311.yaml	24m 18s
macos-14 actions-312.yaml	22m 44s
macos-14 actions-39.yaml	35m 10s
windows-latest actions-311.yaml	41m 31s
windows-latest actions-312.yaml	49m 5s
windows-latest actions-310.yaml	38m 52s
windows-latest actions-39.yaml	36m 55s
ubuntu-latest actions-310.yaml	52m 4s
Copy-on-Write 3.10 (warnings)	29m 29s
Copy-on-Write 3.10	29m 28s
ubuntu-latest actions-311.yaml	49m 13s
Future infer strings (without pyarrow)	48m 34s
Locale: zh_CN	27m 21s
Copy-on-Write 3.11	29m 19s
Copy-on-Write 3.11 (warnings)	27m 59s
Locale: it_IT	27m 45s
Downstream Compat	5m 57s
Numpy Dev	22m 15s
Pyarrow Nightly	23m 51s
ubuntu-latest actions-312.yaml	37m 44s
Future infer strings	44m 36s
Copy-on-Write 3.12	31m 39s
ubuntu-latest actions-39.yaml	51m 8s
Copy-on-Write 3.9 (warnings)	29m 20s
Copy-on-Write 3.9	29m 19s
Minimum Versions	28m 31s
Pypy	7m 52s
	20h 48m 15s

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